The Shotgun Walter Briggs Never Aimed / Chapter 6 / 6

Chapter 6

B.B. King Ran Back Into a Burning Club for His Guitar — Then He Named It...

On September 16, 1925, Riley B. King was born into a sharecropping family in the Mississippi Delta.There was little in his childho...

Dean Martin Didn’t Want a Weekly TV Show — So He Made Demands He Thought...

In 1965, Dean Martin was already one of the coolest men in American entertainment.He had survived the breakup of his famous partne...

Otis Redding Recorded Most of an Album in 24 Hours — Two Years Later, Ar...

In July 1965, Otis Redding walked into Stax Recording Studios in Memphis with almost no time to waste.What happened over the next...

Aug 04, 2026

Elvis Put Two Songs on One Record — Then They Started Competing With Each Other for No. 1

Sep 07, 2026

Barbara Mandrell Retired From Music at 18 — One Night at the Grand Ole Opry Changed Her Mi...

Jun 21, 2026

Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge Fell in Love, Made Three Albums, Won Two Grammys — Th...

Aug 04, 2026

Stephen Stills Played His Ex a Seven-Minute Love Song — She Cried, Then Told Him It Wouldn...

Jul 25, 2026

John Lennon Sat at a Piano and Asked the World to Imagine the Impossible — The Song Never...

Jul 26, 2026

Paul McCartney Woke Up With a Melody He Thought Might Be Someone Else’s — Then It Became a...

Aug 31, 2026

Pink Floyd Were Recording a Tribute to Syd Barrett — Then He Walked Into the Studio Unreco...

Jun 29, 2026

Barry White Was 16 and in Jail — Then One Elvis Song Changed the Direction of His Life